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. IMPROVEMENT IN INSOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,686, dated May l2,1874; application led vMarch 23, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GRANT, Jr., Boston,Suolk county,Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Insoles or FalseSoles for Boots and Shoes, of whichl the following is a speciiication:

This invention relates to a class of insoles or false soles or' liningsfor boots or shoes, composed of two or more laminae o f wood veneer; andconsists in applying to one or both Sides of each of such laminae orveneers a sheet of paper for the purpose of protecting the sole againstsplitting and fracture in wear, and by the action of the sewing-machine.

The drawings accompanying this yspecification represent, in Figure 1, aperspective view of an insole embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same.

In these drawings, A represents an insole orsole-lining for a boot orshoe composed of several laminae or veneers of wood. I have found, inpractice, that these soles become split and injured to a greater or lessextent while being handled and while subjected to wear in a boot; and Ialso ind that they split while beingsewed in a sewing-machine. To remedythese objections I apply, by cement or otherwise, to one or both sidesof each vencer, a, a sheet of paper, b, as shown by a black secured inplace on a McKay sewing-machine,

or cable-screw Wire, or other machine. It may also be used as a falseinsole or sole-lining as a substitute for the cork, felt, or otherinsole now extensively in use. It is warm, dry, and may be renderedWater-proof, and has been proved in practice to be very durable.

I claim- An insole for boots or shoes composed of two or more distinctand Separate layers, each consisting of a veneer of wood re-en'forced onone or both sides by a sheet of paper united throughout its whole extentwith the veneer, said layers when thus formed being united together bysewing, or equivalently, as shown and set forth.

- GHAS. GRANT, JR. Witnesses:

F. CURTIS, W. E. BOAEDMAN.

